[Via Satellite 05-29-2015] Surrey Satellite Technology Limited <\/b>(SSTL) opened its recently completed Spacecraft Operations Center (SOC) this week ahead of a series of satellite launches. Four SSTL-built satellites are slated to launch in the coming months and the company plans to inaugurate the facility during the first phase of in-orbit commissioning \u2014 establishing contact followed by conducting a series of tests and operations designed to check that all the spacecraft\u2019s systems are working correctly.<\/p>\n
The SOC is a control hub containing the infrastructure necessary to track, command, control and downlink data 24\/7 from SSTL\u2019s orbiting satellites. The new SOC has a larger and significantly enhanced work environment for the operators. The facility will also support several customers\u2019 spacecraft operations, either by acting as a secondary SOC or as backup to their own SOCs when they carry out maintenance or upgrades.<\/p>\n
SSTL\u2019s SOC is connected primarily to the company\u2019s own two ground stations in the U.K., but it is also structured to be able to securely communicate with the satellites through a number of ground stations located around the world. It is designed to operate in a highly efficient \u201clights-out\u201d mode requiring minimal operator intervention by using automated computer-controlled routines to manage the exchange of data between the ground stations and the satellites, and to autonomously monitor the health of the satellites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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